Listeners to Leads

How to Keep Your Podcast Audience Engaged with Emily Aborn

Alesia Galati Episode 186

Keeping your audience listening from beginning to end of your episodes can be a struggle. If seeing your drop off rate is making you think of leaving podcasting all together, this episode is for you! Today, friend of the show Emily Aborn dives deep into the art of audience engagement. We cover actionable strategies to grab and hold your listeners' attention, from the power of content repurposing and storytelling to the importance of episode structure and show notes. Ready to learn how to combat listener distraction and create a cohesive content experience that leaves your audience wanting more? This week, episode 186 of Listeners to Leads is about how to keep your podcast audience engaged! 

Emily Aborn is a Content Copywriter, Speaker, and Podcast Host. She’s been an entrepreneur for over a decade, with experience running brick-and-mortar and online businesses. She’s collaborated with 1,000’s of individuals in over 100 industries as a copywriter. She brings personality, creativity, and message to life as she guides others to build community and relationship-based businesses. For fun, she enjoys word games, reading, listening to podcasts, and hiking with her husband, Jason, and their dog, Clyde.

In this episode of Listeners to Leads, Emily Aborn is sharing the importance of keeping your episodes to one main topic to keep people listening and actionable steps you can take right now to store away your ideas for future episodes, even if they don’t fit the one you’re recording.. 

Emily and I also chat about the following: 

  • How appearing as a guest on other podcasts boosts your visibility and downloads.
  • Using solo episodes to grow your audience and establish your expertise.
  • Strategies for maintaining your audience’s attention and ease of listening.
  • Keeping track of side tangents and big topics for later episodes.

Don’t forget to check out Emily’s episode about avoiding distractions on her Content with Character podcast!

Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on turning your podcast listeners into leads and to hear even more about the points outlined above. 

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don’t forget to follow, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!

Learn more about Listeners to Leads at www.listenerstoleads.com


CONNECT WITH EMILY ABORN:

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Content with Character podcast

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Work with Galati Media! 


LINKS MENTIONED:

Content with Character  - Avoiding Distractions in Your Content



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